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Amphisbaena arenaria VANZOLINI, 1991

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Higher TaxaAmphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças, Cobra-Cega 
SynonymAmphisbaena arenaria VANZOLINI 1991
Amphisbaena arenaria — GANS 2005: 11 
DistributionNE Brazil (Bahia, Sergipe)

Type locality: Brazil: Bahia: Raso da Catarina (09°42’S, 38°3’W).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 65817 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Preanal pores 4, separated on the middle by two segments, fused with those immediately behind, which are part of the anal flap. Body annuli 195; tail annuli 27, autotomy level at 6; segments to a midbody annulus 14/14. Four upper, three lower labiais. (Vanzolini 1991).


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the eminently sandy habitat of the species. 
References
  • Garda, A.A.; T.B. Costa; C.R. Santos-Silva; D.O. Mesquita; R.G. Faria; B.M. Conceição; I.R.S. Silva; A.S. Ferreira; S.M. Rocha; C.N.S. Palmeira; R. Rodrigues; S.F. Ferrari; S. Torquato. 2013. Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga I: Raso da Catarina Ecological Station (Bahia, Brazil). Check List 9 (2):405-414 - get paper here
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here
  • OLIVEIRA LIMA, JEFFERSON; HUGO ANDRADE, TAINARA LIMA DA SILVA & EDUARDO JOSÉ DOS REIS DIAS. 2022. Reptiles of Sergipe: current knowledge and sampling discontinuities. Herpetology Notes 15: 69–78. - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, M.T. 2003. Herpetofauna da Caatinga. In: I.R. Leal, M. Tabarelli & J.M.C. Silva (eds.). Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga, pp. 181-236. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.
  • TEIXEIRA, MAURO JUNIOR; FRANCISCO DAL VECHIO, MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES 2016. Diagnostic clarification, new morphological data and phylogenetic placement of Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae). Zootaxa 4205 (3): 293–296 - get paper here
  • Vanzolini P E 1991. Two further new species of Amphisbaena from the semi-arid northeast of Brasil (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 37 (23): 347-361 - get paper here
  • Vanzolini, P.E. 2002. AN AID TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF AMPHISBAENA (SQUAMATA, AMPHISBAENIDAE). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 42(15):351-362 - get paper here
 
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